Netflix Lands Four Festival Docs Including ‘Free Leonard Peltier,’ ‘Teenaged Wasteland’

Netflix Lands Four Festival Docs Including ‘Free Leonard Peltier,’ ‘Teenaged Wasteland’

Free Leonard Peltier, Teenaged Wasteland, The Bend in the River and Room to Move have been acquired by Netflix and set for 2026 debuts.

Netflix Acquires Four Documentaries from the Festival Circuit

The Hollywood Reporter has announced that Netflix has acquired four documentaries that premiered at festivals, including Sundance, Telluride, and Tribeca. The first is Jesse Short Bull and David France‘s Free Leonard Peltier, which recounts the story of the titular Native American activist, who spent 49 years in prison after being convicted of the murder of two FBI agents on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in 1975, based on falsified evidence. The…